Stocking-cap.



PATENTED MAR. 24, 1908.

- L. M. & H. E. MILLS.

STOCKING CAP.

uruouxon FILED NOV. 7, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I LILLIAN MABEL MILLS ANP HARRY EDGAR MILLS, vOF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STOCKING-GAP.

Application filed November ,ing at the city, county, and State of NewYork, and HARRY EDGAR MILLS, a subject of the Kingdom-of Great Britain,resid1n at the city, county, and State of New ork, have invented certainnew and useful Imrovements in Stocking-Caps, of which the ollowing is aspecificat1on..

Our invention relates to a device; which we have designated as a stockincap, which is ada ted to'be placed aroun the upper part 0 a stocking egto reinforce it and to prevent its being cut and torn by the stockmgsupporters which are used to hold the stocking in position upon thewearers limb. Where stocking supporters hanging fromthe corsets areattached by metal fasteners to the top of the stockin leg, considerablestrains are placed upon t e material of-the stocking during themovements of the wearer.

Andwhere the stocking is of a delicate fabric as silk, lisle thread oropen work, it is liable,

in a short time, to be stretched and torn by the strains, and to be cutby the fasteners which are commonly used for securing the supporters tothe stocking. We avoid these in uries by the use of our improvedstocking cap which reinforces the top of the stocking so, as to preventits being unduly stretched or distended, and which also interposesbetween the ;rigid members of the supporter fasteners and the stocking,soas to keep the. fasteners from cutting the stocking.

In'the drawings Figure 1 re resents an elevation of one of our improvestocking caps,

extended; and Fig. 2 shows the stockin cap folded in position over thetop 'ofastoc 'ng, .With the stocking supporters attached to it, the lefthand portion of the draw partially in section to better show t erelativepositions of the parts.

Similar reference letters designate similar parts in both figures.

The body A of the essentially, of a tubular sectlon of suitable textilematerial, that shown in the drawings bein re resented as being madeofknit goo s his tubular section 1s adapted to be olded upon itself, asshown in Flg. 2; and, to

facilitate such folding, we prefer to provide it with a central weft orguide line C, which we have shown as constituting a light and loosefiyknit portion of the material.

B are reinforced or thickened or strength- Specification of LettersPatent.

being stocking cap consists,

Patented March 24, 1908 7, 1907. Serial No. 401,067.

ened sections of thematerial, which are disposed alternately on oppositesides of the guide weft C, and which are so located that when thestocking ca is folded upon itself, as shown in Fi 2, t lie uppersections will lie between the lower sections so as to form areinforcement-around the entire circumference of the stocking cap.

the leg and left in the extended position, as in Fig. 1; the stocking isthen drawn on and its 'top brought u over the lower part of the stockingca an to its central portion or guide weft the top of the stocking capis then folded down over the outside of the stocking, the loose knitguide weft O stretching over the edge of the stocking cap soas not tomake too heavy a rib or rldge; and the supporter fasteners E E are thenapplied to manner, forcing the material 0 the cap and stocking into theholding tufts'e, e, and mak .and the sup orters. The reinforcingsections B, B, a ternating with each other, as described, so as toforrn'a line of reinforcestocking cap, permits the fastener, wherever aplied, to grip either a front or back portion of the reinforcing, sothat it is not necessary for the wearer to select with care the exactspot to which the fastener shall be applied, but it may be attached atany point of the caps circumference which the wearer finds to be mostconvenient. Furthermore, by forming reinforcin in alternating sectionsas shown, we retain etween them portions of the lighter and more elasticbody material, which'givesa greater degree of elasticity in be securedif the reinforcing was in asingle, continuous band; while, we stillretain the advantages of a thickened reinforcing between the fastenersand the stocking.

It will be readily understood that our stocking cap may be modifieddetails-without depart ng from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States is 1. Astocking cap consisting ofa textile, tubular body, provided with a reinforced portion, and ada tedto be folded upon itself so as to surroun of a stocking'leg.

In use, the ca may be first drawn uponthe outside and inside of the cain the usual ment around the whole circumference of the and embrace theupper end ing a secure connection between the stocking the reinforcedportion of the cap than could 2. A stocking cap Consisting of a textile,tubular body, provided Witha folding guideline or weft, and adapted tobe folded upon tubular body, provided with a folding guideline or weftand with a reinforced portion, and ada ted to be folded upon itself soas to surroun and embrace the upper end of a stocking leg.

4 4. A stocking cap consisting of an elastic,

. adapted to be folded upon itself so as to surround and embrace theupper end of a stocking leg.

LILLIAN MABEL MILLS. HARRY EDGAR MILLS. Witnesses:

WM. D. N EILLEY, WILLIAM H. MOHR.

